opacity
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ɪ noun, plural o·pac·i·ties.
1.
the state or quality of being opaque.
2.
something opaque.
4.
Photography. the proportion of the light that is absorbed by the emulsion on any given area of a film or plate.
5.
obscurity of meaning.
6.
mental dullness.
7.
Medicine/Medical. an opaque spot or area in normally clear or transparent tissue, as a cataract of the eye.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the state or quality of being opaque |
| 2. | the degree to which something is opaque |
| 3. | an opaque object or substance |
| 4. | obscurity of meaning; unintelligibility |
| 5. | physics, photog the ratio of the intensity of light incident on a medium, such as a photographic film, to that transmitted through the medium |
| 6. | logic, philosophy the property of being an opaque context |
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Word Origin & History
opacity
1560, "darkness of meaning, obscurity," from Fr. opacité, from L. opacitatem (nom. opacitas) "shade, shadiness," from opacus "shaded, dark, opaque." The lit. sense "condition of being impervious to light" first recorded 1634.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
opacity o·pac·i·ty (ō-pās'ĭ-tē)
n.
The quality or state of being opaque.
An opaque or nontransparent area, as of the cornea.
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Example sentences
The skidding pace of these poems, their opacity and awesome self-indulgence, are part of his program.
Not long ago the cheerleaders of opacity were the loudest.
Despite more public reporting, levels of opacity on such lending remain high.
There is a difference between mysteriousness and ambiguity bordering on opacity.
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